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OTP Ml CeirW It fat Ccvsrtk el Orvent POUNDHD 1651 100th YEAH 14 PAGES Th Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oreaon, Wednesday. December 27, 18 SO Prica ic ffa. 271 By drawing on its cash reserves and making certain changes in its laws covering present methods of raising state - funds the state of Oregon probably can get through the next biennium as far as its current outlay is concerned1. Bud get Director Harry Dorm an has promised to - present , the legisla ture with a budget in balance. But this will not provide for the building program which is called for by the state system of higher education and bythe state insti tutions. The former is estimated at around $25,000,000 and the lat ter at $20,000,000 though this does not mean .that the full program Is of such urgency as to demand immediate realization. Where's the money coming from to pay for the building? , State Treasurer Pearson, fore seeing failure of current revenues to finance a building program has come forward with two propos als: one to borrow from certain state trust funds, at an interest rate of two and one-half per cent. The other is to sell bonds ' on the open market. This would require an amendment to the con stitution and enabling legislation. The state has used the former method; The state office building was financed by borrowing from the industrial accident fund, after the method was. declared valid by the supreme court. This loan was paid off, also the small bor rowing for buying the Agricul ture building on 12th street. The interest rate was four and one half per cent, and that proved a good return for this fund. The present public service building was built by proceeds of a loan of $2,000,000 from the state Irreducible school fund: and the state office building in Portland is being financed by means of a loan, maximum $2,500,000, from the retirement fund for state em- , ployes. The loans are repaid by collections in lieu of rental from - departments (Continued on editorial page, 4.) New Calendar Time Is Nearly Here Again jjiBaajajaByaiy r.- , ; yyf J .. M , ? : V"' V; V U IS li 14 m o Hi II l; H IJ a M 1 r i N J.l .'l if ( I" . X) : M .U-.M xTfAr;.!,, 4 w, 150-Mile Defense MlLine Set By Robert Eunson '-s TOKYO WMlnftHav. TVv 27- rP)-Units of the enlarged U. S. Eighth army, deployed on a 150 mile line all across Korea near the 38th parallel, today surround ed a North Korean regiment which slipped through the defenses. South Korean troops encircled the red infiltrators at an unspeci fied point south of Chorwon, a city 17 miles north of the parallel. It is 47 miles northeast of Seoul. Public information officers at General MacArthur's headquart- M Ray J. Glatt Appointed arion County Judge Woodburn Man Selected by Gov. McKay Holiday Deaths Hit Staggering Total of 724 By th Anocifttcd Prem Observance of Christmas this year cost the nation a frightful violent death toll of at least 724 ers said a i South Korean regiment p.rsons over the thray holl. "contained" the reds. The North Korean reds infil trated about two miles before South Korean reserves were mov ed up. Quickly the South Koreans surrounded the reds and began a methodical slaughter. The long expected Chinese com munist offensive across the 38th parallel toward Seoul still had not developed. Authoritative sources In Tokyo day. Cm city streets and along the highways, traffic mishaps took the greatest toll. 545. This was more than 100 above the number of persons killed in traffic acci dents during the 1949 Christmas holiday. Another 179 lives were snuf fed out from miscellaneous caus es, including fires, drownings and Reserve Unit Members in Salem on Leave Slightly more than one-half of the 409th quartermaster head quarters company Salem army reserve unit on active duty, are in Salem and vicinity this week on seven-day holiday leaves. The 20 men are stationed at Ft. MacArthur, Calif., for train ing. They went on federal ser vice in mid-October. Those here on leave include 2nd Lts. Thomas B. Kay and P. Wayne Rose: M. Set Conrad Erickson; Sgt. 1c Floyd W. Riley; Sets. Warren D. Eckles and Dan lei J. Fry, jr.; Cpls. Grant J. Mills, Charles A. Chittick, James R. Hamilton, William E. Freele, Lyman E. Simons; Recruits Eu gene. R. Erickson, Clarence'.!. Haugen, Leonard B. Lutz, Richard C. Tandy, George D. Fowler, Dar win J. Kerber and Edgar L. M. Michalson. Sgt- 1c Delmar R. Harmon is on leave at Dayton. Navy Abandons - . Plan to Release Reserve Members WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -JPh The navy has chucked overboard Its plan to start releasing reserv ists next summer, a navy spokes man said today. -An announcement last Novem ber 1 said enlisted reservists re called involuntarily would be re leased at the rate of 5,000 a month and reserve officers at the rate of 1,500 a month beginning in July 1951. The plan has been abandoned, a spokesman told a reporter. He said the navy does not yet know when or how many naval reserv ists will be released. He said naval reserve recall plans have not been changed. RETURNS TO DUTY WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -JP- Army M. Sgt. Glenn W. Wills, husband of Mrs. Francis Wills, - Silverton, Ore., has returned to duty after being wounded, ac cording to today's department of defense Korean casualty report. Animal Crackers By WARRE GOODRICH " , for 2S years faithful tervict please cctpt this reliable timt-pttc. line near the 38th parallel is so well defended that any sizeable force driving south would be hit hard by the defenders. These sources said the U. N. troops corn- New calendars are replacing old ones as 1951 approa ehes. Harry C. Mays, 965 N. 18th st, hang a Peon- mand all approaches through the sylvania railroad calendar wltn an illustration eon taming the picture or an engine carrying Mays' old mountainous terrain into South number, 6444, which he piloted daring his years with the "Pennsy." Mays, now retired, was an en- Korea. glneer for 38 years of the 44 he worked for the eastern railroad. (Statesman photo.) m. - i . w ..it m v . M i. FioKtK or'. lUt-mM UCUl WU llnH DOU1 rrr :.T.: .; ;.',,; .r.: traffic and miscellaneous causes 7,500 Guard, Reserve Officers to Receive Call WASHINGTON, Dec. 26-tiP)-The army today ordered 7,500 na tional guard and reserve lieutenants and captains to report for active service between March 1 and March 22. The army said it' also will call up 100 women's army corps offi cers of those grades. The number of lieutenants and captains recalled to date now totals about 27,000. The army also announced that it is ordering to active service 890 dental officers and 415 medical service corps officers. They will report for duty in two groups on February 5 and March 15. This is the first time the army has, ordered up individual officers from the national guard and or ganized reserve units. The army said that the number of lieuten ants and captains called from such units will be small and that they will not be ordered into active service until after officers from four other sources have been ex hausted. The other ources in the priority set up by the army are: (1) vol unteers from the national guard and organized reserve, (2) organ' ized reserve officers commission ed from the ROTC whor were pre viously deferred and who have one year's prior federal service, (3) reserve officers commissioned from the ROTC who did not execute deferment agreements and who have had less than one year of federal service, (4) members of tne volunteer reserve. The officers involved in the call up announced today will be drawn from the six army areas in the following numbers; Sixth army: 317 captains, 808 lieutenants. 19 WACS. 19 chaD- lains, 64 doctors, 107 dentists and 66 medical service officers. Kiddies Caught Trying to Fly Private Plane Egg Prices ontinue to Drop in Salem Egg prices confirmed to drop in Salem Tuesday hit butter was up l cent a pound. The up-and-down egg market continued a downward spiral which started December 22 after egg prices hit a record high for the year on December 10. Salem wholesalers and housewives were buying eggs 19 cents a dozen cheaper than the peak December prices. Price slashes on the wholesale egg market ranged from six cents a dozen on large AAs to four cents on smaller grades, wholesalers were buying large AAs for 46 cents; large As for 42; medium AAs for 38 and small eggs for 36 cents a dozen. Retail prices are about 10 cents higher than the wholesale buying price. Butter was boosted from 78 to 79 cents in retail stores and was wholesalingfor 74 cents. Premium butterfat was selling to whole salers for 73 cents a pound; num ber 1 for 71 cents and number 2 for 63 cents a pound. Other Salem market quotations were unchanged. Max. Min. Predp. Salem ; 51 45 " .19 Portland . 51 35 .07 San Francisco 55 43 .00 Chicago 20 11 .34 New York zz 18 Jl Willamette River 3.5 feet FORECAST (lrom U. S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): partly cloudy today with increasing cloudi ness in late afternoon and evening. High today near 52 and low tonight near 51. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since start of weather year, Sept. I 26.55 13.94 16.13 PORTLAND, D e c. 26 -4JP)- The Oregon military district office said today there would be 120 lieuten ants and captains from Oregon call ed up for active duty from the re serve corps and national guard. Col. John H. Rodman reported volunteers may fill much of the quota in the program announced by the defense department today at Washington, D. C. Of those called involuntarily, he said, they could come from Oregon units of the northwest's 41st infantry division and 237th anti-aircraft artillery, of the national guard and the 104 th army infantry Timeberwolf division. Aims U Stay' In Seoul, the Eighth s new corn- was reported from 6 p. m. (local time) Friday to midnight Monday The 1949 Christmas toll was 580. including traffic and miscellane ous accidents. Ned H. Dearborn, president of the National Safety council, which had estimated 440 persons wov-H die in traffic mishaps this Christ mander, Lt Gen Matthew B. Ridg- "f5- a QynitVi comm black Christmas indeed for Ame- Rhee that "I aim to stay" in Ko- rlc" rea. CULVER CITY, Calif., Dec. 26 (JF)- Three runaway children were caught today as they alleg- The number killed this Christ- Simultaneously with Ridgways .I,.1" to.ul arrival, it was disclosed that the "YTr, I ' iZl ! . -v,,.,o I over a similar 8 hour period Korea la the dramatic two-week "J0"- tlxl. xi ,.. kin I n Associated Press survey show- placed under the eighth's com- S ?J ?ftffi,.alnt f j to 75 a day. The holiday toll av- eraged about 156 a day. on a battle which republic of Ko- J.- txtrv .. escaped without a aingl rexorted edly tried to fly a private plane I em tej Tuesday between South faUlity tht could attributed f v",iii """" Koreans and Chinese in the Kor- r7,T., OI nere. I ar Vnnnm ! turn miW '" W1UJ jaiAiJUCS irom Airport attendants said they south of the paraUel at a point lon led the naUon in the stoDDed the trio as the Diane 28 miles northwest of SeouL P"..0? persons auuea oy vio- I I I MfS U10 l- a a -"-.II started to taxi down the field with Chinese and Korean red forces ;r7: vT WV,' . J WV .waau V J t I 1V VAUlilO VVU W W W Sd4WM I fy . . . - -, the controLi. With him were Lou- of 300 000 or mor men alonff or ne .oeaH1 wu Dy siaies, tranic ella Britton, 13, and her brother, immediately to the rear of a 120- miff, n.tY! 7cl"dc? Lloyd, 12. mile front running from west to -Ui ". n-u i t t ..j Mtt lnnir the 3Rth narallel. I w-w,w young Bryson said he wanted to Exfdus from Seoul fir to Eureka to see hi father. Kank "cw ul citui4 iiy w iiurcu vo see nis lamer, , , ' . -m s-.-w i a civilian pQot who had taught &?n from Seoyilf7 io1" 7l)-rPir-fll the boy something about planes, wing a wave of Christmas day " VUI -KJIU, The officer said the children left m .that the Chinese had be- their Los Angeles homes Sunday e r.illm Iorce- A KflV I TT1 and apparency had only bread to TXA00? g118 ear Tnr I nncrmac i - i iiu diiiw uuk uicic was tci u Summoned tO the police Sta- th vm of men women an1 rhil tion, relatives of the youngsters dren alike as tiey streamed out gave mera a sound, oia-iusnionea 0f the City in lon lines SAtom Torpedo spanking. A juvenile hearing from the trio will be held Saturday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -(JP) - i- u v. I ed on the navy ordnance chief Two Girls Lost In Snow Storm Vt f si rArr1 a ff firsts list VA Via4 a v,J, X I today to explain an idea for at not hamner militarv oneratinn. if tacking the Communists With an the situation h9m worce "atomic tOipedO Exactly Six Months , Tommy, a fifth grade student It was exactly six months ago A5lmton'I Va wasnt too sure today that Seoul first fell to the hu PUin. but he brought North Korean red invarfers It on complete ana aeiauea was liberated on Sentember 27 br charts showing how a "butten U. N. forces. m e n0M torpedo would VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 26- A North Korean blow aimed at J,.0" Bn mic explosion. acA 'oiriQ ur.r. Chunchon. 45 miles northeast of "I think that when you find lot in n blinHincr enmir tnrm to- Seoul, was turned back Tuesday way of setting off a bomb by in nieht on Mount Sevmour. and the situation there was better dusing electricity into it, that you T j M., iurii ior ine ume Deing, nun neaa- wuuiu mn ma iwnuc wrjuo, Frieda Neufeld, 13, and Marilyn ,- thA vnllnr ,iim.i. rt There are other indications that "You could use it in attacking communist forces may be as close enemy shore batteries. I hope you of.rc 85 21 rniles from Seoul on the can use this plan." iiuruiwcM iiui;e 01 uie u. rt. line. near Aoourik . v,. jooir, cruci General MacArthur's headquar- of the navy's ordnance bureau, ters previously mentioned an talked over Tommy's plan with "enemy force" of undisclosed size him at the navy department and operating around Sinsan. The assured him it was "very inter- reds used mortars there on Sat- esting." Admiral Noble said he has sent Given Office f Ray J. Glatt. 57. Woodbur fanner and civic leader, Tuesday night was appointed Marion coun ty Judre by Got. Douglas Mr Kay. Glaus succeeds Jodr Grant Murphy who died last Wedaeadsy. His appointment Is effective unUl the ISS2 general election. McKay said his decision was In. fiuenred by CUtTs aerrice on th Marion county budget commit t and the bulldmi committee for ih new Marion county courthouse. McKay also said be felt tSe an. poiatment was la fairness to tht people outside Salem la Marion county -who arc not' very wrU represented directly because an Kay J. Glatt. Wartime Keodtatra legislators are from Salrat area resident, who waa aaat-l l"0 county conunismionrrs ed Martoa twstf radxe Tsx- Uv In or near Salem." day algal ay Gt. Deai Ua Me-1 Sai Jidraraf I TM.tt V .. w t..j . ... Is recognized throughout the coun ty." the governor said. 7l was cif- ucuit to find a man that me cured up to the ability of the lale Judg McKay stressed that lt tremely difficult for him to decide Between Cilstt and Harry CoIUns, Salem, ixt name also was pro posed for the Judgeship, The gov eraor said he felt that ruH. background had been Yard appealed to the nation to-l t!i,f aln'n f. -practical night for help in tracking down r J7r22..Vlz .prooiema. t prowlers who stole th ston of zf."0, rrUred as district scone, a priceless historical relic, f0" 01 Pclflc Telenhoo from Westrnlnster Abbey Qxnst- mas day. A republican. Glatt was aa ua Baffled officials of the National I successful candidate for rial m. Police Agency asked the public to rasentativc from Marion county la on we wwoui tor uic ujc-rcs u tm primary election, and issued to newspapers some fmr X$ Years photographs of the S3S -pound , M . . stone - - on which 27 rulers have . Lu" tumti near Wood taken their coronation oaths. Us- Z?f!Ll0.JaorVln rears. He ually the Yard keeps sllrat about f?" ther from iMttna wllh a case until lt is ready to be ,,prent ? He is prtoci- cracked. P11 producer of bops, grass The scone Is regarded as rrro- preM oa cherries. bol of the union of the crowns of His civic duties at Woodburn England and Scotland. The origin have Included service on city and is lost in legend, but for centuries school budget committees, prrsl- before the stone was brought to dency of the Chamber of Com- w a t tsfcaM m u a a. . . w ixxxion in iyo, n was usea in vam merce, ana cnairrtumshln of the coronation of Scottish kings. Scots draft board. At present be is on refer to lt as their -stone of dee- the executive board of the Cascade tiny" area council. Bov Operating on the theory the! m.,. ... . theft was the work of extreme of the Wo T.?i! Scottish rationalists, police top-1 pL.H1! ?TT ped ail cars traveling through the ,rT. a WM north of England and In Scotland, f0 ft, f !L2 VrT- H U Th. AnJZZtimA t tit nr. graduate of the UniversitT of Scotland Yard Asks Nation to Help Find Stone The dragnet failed to turn up any sign of a small British Ford car which police said had been Oregon. let, not far from Vancouver. Albany Man Finds Police Chief Not Receptive to Joke Papal Bull Extends Catholic Holy Year VATICAN CITY, Dec. 26-(iP)-Roman Catholics will be required to say more prayers, especially for peace, than did the pilgrims to Rome in the 1950 holy year to gain the benefits of its extension through 1951 to the whole world. Bishops will promote extraor dinary missions to prepare Cath olics for the jubilee. The Papal Bull extending the holy year, now concluded in Rome, through 1951 to the world outside Rome was published today in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vati can City newspaper. The 4,000,000 pilgrims to Rome in 1950 could acrjuire the spiritual benefits of the jubilee by reciting three times the prayers ' Our Fa ther," "Hail Mary" and "Glory Be to the Father." besides saying each one of them for the inten tions of the Pope and reciting the "Credo." The Intentions of the Pope are. the particular benefits to the world which he outlined as the purposes of the holy year, in cluding peace. Jubilee prayers during 1951 will consist of repeating the "Our Fa ther." the "Hail Mary" and the "Glory Be to the Father" five times, saying each of them for the Pope's intentions, reciting the "Credo," saying three additional "Hail Marys" along with the in vocation, "Queen of Peace, for Us," and the "Salve Regina." Finally, though it Is not obliga tory. Catholics are exhorted to recite the special prayer composed Dy tne rope lor the 917 year. Long, 15, disappeared about noon today on a hiking trip with a Bap tist church young people's group Tonight, 14 R.C.MP. and a group of volunteers, includ ing the parents of the missing girls, were fighting up the moun tainside with torches and flashlights. The tree-COVered mountain is urriav anH ent nut nrnhina hmt. H enorth shore of Burrad in- Sunday. There has been no subse- Tommy's sketches to navy en- quern, reierence to tnem or any gineers working on torpedoes and cianiicauon as to wnetner they bombs, and declared: were regulars or guerrillas. "It is quite possible that some Associated Press Correspondent 0f your ideas may already be In Stan Swinton, returning to Tokyo use or may be included in new from the smoking Humrnam WammWWaJ A J . I . fllj IMMtfJ would take over the Tenth corps as well as the U. S. First and Ninth ALBANY. Dec. 26-WIVTTsintf a I corps. This placed aU American police chiefs name in dedicating forces in Korea under a unified love music requests to many worn- command. en - - picked from the phone book The Tenth corps had been un - - put a young man behind jail der the command of MaJ. Gen. Ed bars, ward M. Almond, formerly chief TT ! m A 11 7 A 11 I. of staff of General MacArthur. held under $1,000 bail on a charge C""0"11 ' operauons m nonneasi WASHlNUlus, uec zo-orr- of assault with intent to commit a Korea were separate and distinct White House aide said tonight that morals crime. He is accused of mo- from the Eighth army in the west it is doubtful President Truman lesting six local women In recent Swinton said that under the will send congress a request for weeks unification of command. Almond new taxes in January. Alien th. ictoV. ,., will be under Ridgway. Presidential Press Secretary Jo- JJ&2 ource said the unification seph Short mad. the statement rini i mXrT r-ViiT. oraer cunt direct from Washing- after a conference Mr. Truman IfS0!00? e0.00!.? ton. held with his four top advisers on There had been some criticism the Korean crisis and the presi- over the divided command in dent's state of the union message, northwest and northeast Korea, Short told newsmen: particularly when the Chinese I doubt very much If there Red army sent first one force, then will be a request for new taxes the other into retreat. in January." Re would not elaborate. LYNCHBURG, Va., Dec. 26-WV BOYCOTT PLAN STUDIED There have been reports the v mi iuu uu.v aiu iu wmj l parked near the abbey about the illnvor T Sf icAA time of the theft. I 1UiU o i 7 r Reise Plan saiem nams Place 5th in National Meet The Salem Amateur radio club For Civil Defense PORTLAND. Dec l&-UP-J.w. 1 or Dorothy MrCullough Lee was Kia toaay to change Portland's civil defense plans. A letter from Governor Dour. I.. r -, r . . . . . won fifth place out of 500 con-orrnea ner that the tesUnts in national "sUtion , ea w use a oe conUcting contesf conducted last PUa organlred on a county June, club officers were advised Pr"Tu,nt7 bu- Previous Port Tuesday. Un1 P1,n "ere bated on a re- Object of the contest was to s"1 w-uj wim ui cuy sjgn contact as many other amateur ta mutual aid agreemeats with stations as possible during a 24-oth" cities la a 25-mile radius. hour period. The local club set McKay's letter said that r""tl up portable equipment on a moun- aid agreements in the future tain peak 15 miles southeast of would be limited to cities within Gates and placed calls in rapid county boundaries. If a county succession. cannot Ml the needs of its cities Log books were sent to national in an emerrenrr. then aid ran b headquarters to determine final soucht from the state government rankings. under the new plan. New Tax Request by Truman During January Held Doubtful 600 Sign Up for Ashland Defense radio station programs, according to tne police chief. Admiral Dewey Enlists As Apprentice Seaman Admiral Dewey Norvell applied for enlistment in thenavy here to day. Admiral, named for the Spanish-American war "hero of Manila WASHINGTON. Dec. 26-W-A I administration would send a new proposal for a free world economic tax bill to the 82nd congress boycott of communist China was shortly after lt convenes January reported under study by the Unit- 3. Mr. Truman himself bad indi- ed States today as a possible next cated be would suggest the new Bav " will, if accented, become an stcn in dealing with the Korean I consTess enact hlcher taxes. annrentice seaman. I crisis. I Mr. Truman cut short bis Cbrist- ASHLAND. Dee. U-WVA drll defense campaign here resulted La more than 600 vohxntMrs strntna mas vacation In Missouri and flew P. Wchard Scott reported today, back to Washington late today. A Scott, chairman cf the stgnvp short while afterward be bad din- program for the Junior Chamber ner at the Blair House with De- of Commerce, said nearly t0f fense Secretary Marshall. Secre-lcards already have been turned tarv of State Achesoo, Secretary I over to the Ashland drll defence of the Treasury Snyder and Gen. I director. The rest of the cards are Omar Bradley, chairman or tne expected to be turned la soon. Joint chiefs of staff. Short also attended the dinner, nn fivr) (l(tm Arrir He told reporters Bradley brought OU,WU Oil U AXTlTe tbe president cornplrtcly up to te fa Portland date on everything that has tak en place la e way since PORTLAND, Dec. 16-WVlIcid Mr. Truman left V Tf St Christmas lxnt crrefyVt. day to go to his borne at Inde- 50,3,000 gifts arrived la vl ..rTlr.. . rh. Portland from the east today iiVjiA carloads apparently ceUye4 by the subject cf discussion. He said the gt&tf tralsmen at CU- situation there was explored iwv - fiout etcty sngla,"" cago. Marshall also made a report on Pnstznaster Z. T. Hadlund tall progress made la building up the It would take two days to deXrtf nation's defenses. the peckagas.